Springs Doubtful for Jaguars Game

[Gmanc711]

They just said it on the halftime show of the Southern Miss/ UCF game, dont have a link...but hey, you can trust me.



I was really hoping he'd be back this week because we really need a guy on defense. I dont think the Jaguars have a great offense, but they can still score some points, and Springs could make a huge difference if in and healthy.

[AlvinWalton'sNeckBrace]

quit milking it nancy...pelvis muscle tear shmelvis muscle tear

[mooby]

Originally Posted by AlvinWalton'sNeckBrace

quit milking it nancy...pelvis muscle tear shmelvis muscle tear

huh?

Anyways, I was hoping he'd be back this game, but apparantly not. I think we'll stop seeing so many big plays once Springs is back on the field. The question is, when is he gonna get back on the field?

[12thMan]

I'm thinking probably two more weeks, Mooby.

[mooby]

Yeah, when he first got the injury I figured it wasn't something that would keep him out for a while, but apparantly it is. Springs is a huge part of our defense and it's pretty obvious our secondary needs him back there. I think we should definitely look at getting a cornerback in the draft or through free agency after this season, Springs can't stay healthy, and I would like to keep Kenny Wright as the nickel back instead of Springs' backup.

[Pocket$ $traight]

I am still trying to figure out why they rushed him back for the Texans game. This team really makes no sense sometimes.

[Darrell_Green_28]

Originally Posted by Grim21Reaper

I am still trying to figure out why they rushed him back for the Texans game. This team really makes no sense sometimes.

Springs played in the game at the Texans? I didnt see him playing. how can he be rushed back for the game if he didnt play. i don t understand

[onlydarksets]

Originally Posted by Darrell_Green_28

Springs played in the game at the Texans? I didnt see him playing. how can he be rushed back for the game if he didnt play. i don t understand

They ran him in practice last week, and he tweaked his groin. That, however, was apparently not related to the decision not to play him against the Texans.

[Darrell_Green_28]

Originally Posted by onlydarksets

They ran him in practice last week, and he tweaked his groin. That, however, was apparently not related to the decision not to play him against the Texans.

and also not related to the previous injury..

[onlydarksets]

Originally Posted by Darrell_Green_28

and also not related to the previous injury..

right - the previous injury is what wasn't ready. i'm not sure why they even mentioned the groin injury if it didn't contribute to the decision not to play him. i do have to wonder if he tweaked the abdomen injury by practicing too early.

[onlydarksets]

Originally Posted by Gmanc711

They just said it on the halftime show of the Southern Miss/ UCF game, dont have a link...but hey, you can trust me.



I was really hoping he'd be back this week because we really need a guy on defense. I dont think the Jaguars have a great offense, but they can still score some points, and Springs could make a huge difference if in and healthy.

Here's the link.

[FRPLG]

I'd rather him sit and be 100% when he gets back. It is a physically stressful position and having him for say 10 games is better than 3 or 4 and then done for the year.

[dmek25]

are we all in agreement that one player( s springs) is that big of a difference maker that our defense will change drastically? im not, i dont buy it. although i didnt think portis coming back would make that big of a difference. i was wrong on the that one

[mike340]

Huge difference. Because Springs isn't in there, we're weak in coverage, and everybody knows it, including our defensive players. So the defensive guys are on their heels, trying to figure out how they're going to have to help on passing plays. That means that a lot of guys are playing their position and a little bit of somebody else's. This impacts the aggression, and spontaneous reaction time increases. The latter can be fatal. In addition, some guys are responsible a lot more for coverage who just aren't good at it (AA). Springs makes everybody but the pass rushers immediately better. But then we can bring another person on the pass plays, and so the pass rush is better too. So I think Springs means more to this defense than Portis means to the offense. I don't think (on paper) we're that much worse than the defense from 2 years ago. I remember hearing that if we had scored 21 points each game that year, we would have gone 14-2.

We have the POTENTIAL for a tremendous year this year. We just have to wait for Springs to get back to see where we are. (And wait for the OL to wake up. I'm assuming you hold only when you get beat. So they were even getting beat regularly by the Texas DL. Yes, Brunell didn't get sacked and they had awesome yards/carry, but we've got to get stronger there.)

Originally Posted by dmek25

are we all in agreement that one player( s springs) is that big of a difference maker that our defense will change drastically? im not, i dont buy it. although i didnt think portis coming back would make that big of a difference. i was wrong on the that one

[onlydarksets]

Originally Posted by mike340

I remember hearing that if we had scored 21 points each game that year, we would have gone 14-2.

2004 Washington Redskins statistics - pro-football-reference.com

Wow - you're right! 13-2-1 (I assume Hall would have botched the game-winning field goal against Dallass in OT, and we would have tied ). The league average that year was 21.5 and the mean was 21. We scored 15/game.

We need Springs back. We need that nasty defense back.